Sunday, November 10, 2024
What do you do when you’re inconveniently far from home and have a couple of hours to kill between appointments? I know I’m a dying breed, but I often deal with that predicament by ducki…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AMAn enthusiasm for 18th century painter, illustrator, and engraver William Hogarth (1697-1764) is one of the million ties that bind my wife and I together. Among other things, Hogarth was kno…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AMSaturday, November 9, 2024
How wonderful that Mabel Normand shares a birthday with Marie Dressler, Snub Pollard, and Ed Wynn! That’s an astrological club that kind of makes a little sense! Anyway, having done so man…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:02AMIn 1924 a young man named Don Alvarado (José Ray Paige, 1904-1967) got his first minor role in the silent film Mademoiselle Midnight starring Mae Murray, married Ann Boyar, and became the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:02AMToday is World Freedom Day, he said with a hollow laugh. As of November 5, the prospects for genuine individual liberty anywhere in the world seem very dim indeed, and likely will be until l…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:02AMFriday, November 8, 2024
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:31AMI’ve taken an unconscionably long time in generating a dedicated post on June Havoc ( Ellen Evangeline Hovick, 1912-2010). I’m sure it’s because she was mentioned in my post about her…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:31AMThursday, November 7, 2024
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMMan, am I grateful that today is the birthday of Alice Bag (Alicia “Alice” Armendariz, b. 1958). This is an especially good time to celebrate a radical Mexican punk woman, not that there…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMWednesday, November 6, 2024
Thanks, Eve Golden, for making me aware of Gordon Westcott (Myrthus Hansen Hickman, 1903-1935) about a year ago. Oh, I’d seen plenty of his movies, but I’d not noted the name. Essentiall…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AMTuesday, November 5, 2024
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24AMThanks, Eve Golden, for passing along the intel about the passing of Jonathan Haze (Jack Schachter, 1929-2024). You may think there’s something kind of wrong about eulogizing him here toda…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMMonday, November 4, 2024
How perfect that Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) shared a birthday with Will Rogers, for they were both among the most trusted, beloved and admired Americans of their day. Cronkite was the ancho…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:36PMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:48AMSunday, November 3, 2024
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I’…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24AMSaturday, November 2, 2024
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I’m …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:02PMMy inability to locate what I deem to be a single interesting image of historical Ohio gives the lie I guess to what was to have been my intended thesis for National Ohio Day, that the Bucke…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PMFriday, November 1, 2024
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I’m m…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31AMThursday, October 31, 2024
I was very distressed to learn today of the death of an old friend. I’m startled to realize that she was indeed that — I’ve known Kathleen Hulser for a quarter of a century. Kathleen w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31PMPaul Morrissey (1938-2024) passed away a few days ago; I decided to hold his tribute for today (Halloween), as it seemed most appropriate for a man who had directed his own takes on Frankens…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:54AMWednesday, October 30, 2024
Don’t get too excited! The show advertised above is from a quarter century ago. We share the image for two reasons: 1) In celebration of the Halloween season, and 2) it was designed by the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:02PMThere are performing artists of older vintage I could treat of today, but none of them get me as jazzed as Grace Slick (b. 1939), nor are any of them as witchy. I love that she was born on H…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:02PMTuesday, October 29, 2024
October 29 was the birthday of a now obscure sports promoter named Jess McMahon (Roderick James McMahon Sr, 1882-1954). In the final analysis I revile the influence his family has had on thi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:02AMIn celebration of Fanny Brice’s birthday, we inaugurate this new finding aid to help you navigate posts related to the great star of stage, screen, and radio. We hope you find it useful! M…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:48AMHere’s an even more obscure pocket of an already forgotten cul-de-sac of show business history! While there was nearly a decade between Harold Lloyd’s last starring comedy Professor Bewa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:42AMMonday, October 28, 2024
Thank you, Donald Trump, for reminding everyone who you really are last night, by returning to the symbolically freighted site of the 1939 Nazi Rally (Madison Square Garden) in order to reli…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AMSunday, October 27, 2024
In 2019 and 2020 it looked very much like New York’s White Horse Tavern was going to close, and as so many joints shuttered for good during the Covid pandemic, it seemed destined to be ano…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:02AMSaturday, October 26, 2024
You’ll have noticed that in recent months we have drifted into doing more posts about American corporations and brands. I just want to assure you that our mission hasn’t shifted. This th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:36PMWe have multiple reasons for today’s addendum to our previous 2018 post on The Love Boat. One is that, once again, it is Lauren Tewes’ birthday. She gets the honors because she alone amo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:02AM 
